Our Vegas Vacation!

So from my previous post, you can see that the wedding was gorgeous and perfect! Those would be the 2 words I would use to describe it!!

The rest of our vacation was much the same! We had a great time! The kids did well on the airplane and in Vegas. We had many people tell us how well behaved and cute they were! Actually, through out our trip we had people telling us this!! Makes you feel like a good parent ;) They were so adorable in their wedding duds, but unfortunately I didn't have time to take a picture of them :( I know the photographer has pictures though, so we'll just have to wait for Lindsay to get those!!

We had a lot of fun shopping and seeing the sites together. We did a lot of walking and sight seeing! Some of the highlights were watching the Bellagio fountains, seeing the light show on Freemont Street, visiting the lion habitat at MGM, and lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. I think the lions were Blake's favorite!! He sat on the railing around the enclosure and talked to the lions and roared like a lion. He had people around us laughing!! The night before we went to see the lions, we told him what we were doing the next day and he started getting excited! He said, "I see lions?" and we told him yes and he started asking about other animals!! "I see monkeys? I see tigers? I see elephants?" We told him we might see other animals, but we're not sure! As it turns out, the only live animals he saw were lions, but the Rainforest Cafe where we ate lunch had large, life-like tigers, elephants, monkeys, birds, etc, etc!! So he really enjoyed our lunch there! And he loved the cool aquariums! He had fun pretty much everywhere we went, no matter what we were doing! He brought Sam with us nearly everywhere and even convinced Grandma to by Sam some new clothes!! Like Grandma needed a lot of convincing ;) He wanted Sam to have a t-shirt, jeans and sunglasses just like he had!! Emerson also enjoyed sight seeing! She always started out in the stroller and ended up in the Snuggli! She's a kid who loves to be held and after a few hours in the stroller, she was ready to get out! Cal wore the Snuggli and boy oh boy did she love it!!! She kicked and "danced" and was such a happy girl!! It was very cute! We were very fortunate to have my parents and Auntie Kathy babysit a little bit, so we could maintain the kids bed times and get out!! Thank you SO much Mom, Dad and Auntie Kathy! And I have to say a HUGE thank you to my wonderful husband for spending some of the first 3 days and most of the first 3 nights by himself with the kiddos while I was doing wedding stuff/partying!!! You're THE best Cal :)

Blake did an amazing job walking down the aisle ... the best lil' ring bearer I've ever seen! He was so, so good and CUTE!!! Emerson walked in with Cal and according to those who saw her she had the biggest grin on her face!!!!! Good time to showcase her famous smile ;) And Lindsay and Jeremy looked like they walked out of a bridal magazine photo shoot! I could go on and on about the wedding ...

Blake enjoyed having his own room with 2 beds. He pointed this out regularly!! "I have two beds. One to sleep on and one to play on!" The rooms were very nice and really big. The bathrooms were almost as big as the kids rooms at home! So Emerson did sleep in one of the bathrooms and it worked out perfectly! She was not disturbed and we didn't have to tip toe around too much!! We put a monitor in Blake's room and Em slept in our bathroom. I'm SO glad we went with 2 rooms! SO worth it!

We snagged many wicked deals while shopping. I bought my very own Coach purse. It's so pretty!!! I almost didn't buy it, but Cal talked me into it!! Then I found a deal on Ugg boots!! YAY!!! Cal bought some Colts memorabilia and clothes and we bought a lot of clothes for the kids! I LOVE shopping in Vegas!!! I love Vegas actually! I've been to a few different Canadian and U.S. cities and Cal and I have both been on a "hot" vacation and I have to say Vegas is my favorite vacation spot! I'm not a huge beach person, although I think I'd like 1 every 5 or so years!, but I'd like to go to Vegas at least once a year!! Love everything about it - the shopping, the shows (didn't get to see one this time), the food, the cheap drinks, the lights, the hotels and casinos, the people, the crowds, the noise, etc, etc, etc! Can't wait to go back!!

We flew back on Thursday afternoon and went to pick up Heidi straight from the airport. Blake told Heidi and Jazz he missed them and Emerson was very excited to see them too!! I love that our kids love our pets! Heidi did well at the kennel and Jazz was well looked after by his pet sitter! There was a bit of snow on the ground when we arrived home, but nothing compared to what today has brought!! WOW!!! It has snowed pretty much all day. Which is fine in my books - it is December and I love snow for Christmas!! Cal has cleared the driveway and the sidewalks three times so far and you can't even tell. Poor guy - thank goodness we have a snow blower!

We're slowly doing all our laundry and getting things put away. Blake was happy to see all his toys again! The first thing he did was pull out all his trucks and trains and take a spin around the family room on his Winnie the Pooh car!!! We are going to our nephew Colby's 2nd birthday party tomorrow, which will be a lot of fun! Blake enjoys visiting Colby's house and playing with his toys!! Next week we have preschool, Time for Two's, we have to get the kid's 2nd H1N1 shots and Blake is going to my Mom's children's Christmas party, which she is organizing! It's hard to believe Christmas is only 21 days away. We've been focused on my sister's wedding and Las Vegas for so long! Now it's time to focus on Christmas :) We're almost done our Christmas shopping and have the letter's to Santa mailed! We hope to do our Christmas decorating on Sunday. We always decorate on December 1st, but this year couldn't! Blake is going to love decorating the house. He points out Christmas trees and Santa everywhere we go!! I also plan to bake 7 dozen cookies this week for our the annual cookie walk at our Church. I have to deliver them to the church on Friday evening! Should be able to get it done by then!

Have a great week everyone :) Stay warm and safe on the roads!

xoxo The Cameron's

Congratulations Lindsay and Jeremy!

Congratulations to my sister Lindsay and our new brother-in-law Jeremy!! They were wed on Monday, November 30 at Sunset Gardens, Las Vegas, Nevada! It was an absolutely beautiful day and a fabulous time!!

The wedding festivities began on Saturday night, with the Vegas stagette and stag parties. The girls met for dinner and then headed to the Thunder from Down Under! We all had a blast!! The Thunder from Down Under were very talented ... dancers!!! lol!! No, but seriously, they were very good dancers as well as gymnasts! Very entertaining ;) Afterwards we were went to a club for awhile and then headed back to our hotel. The "younger" ladies continued partying, while this "older" lady headed to bed!!

We had the wedding rehearsal on Sunday afternoon, where most of us got our first glimpse of Sunset Gardens. It is a gorgeous venue and the wedding planners were so organized and friendly! I think Lindsay relaxed a little after going through the rehearsal and all the details with the wedding planners!! Sunday evening we had the rehearsal dinner at P.F. Chang's. I highly recommend this restaurant! SO yummy!!! Cal, Blake and I attended the rehearsal dinner, while Emerson snoozed away in the hotel room with my Auntie Kathy watching over her :) After dinner we put Blake to bed and I went over to Lindsay's room to visit for awhile.

Monday was the big day!! We started out early in the morning with hair and make-up in Lindsay's hotel room (she got a separate hotel room the night before the wedding, so her and Jeremy weren't staying together!). We headed down to the lobby around noon, where Lindsay and Jeremy saw each other for the first time on their wedding day! It was very cute, how the photographer arranged their "first look!" The girls waited by the elevators while the boys and Lindsay and Jeremy's family waited in the lobby. The photographer had Jeremy face the other way and Lindsay walked up to him and then he turned at the last minute! Many of us had tears in our eyes ... it was very sweet to see them see each other for the first time on their wedding day. The wedding party then proceeded to climb into our H2 limo with the photographer for pictures on the Strip! It was lots of fun and boy was that limo sweet!!! We arrived at Sunset Gardens at 3 pm. We did family pictures and the cocktail hour began at 3:30. The appetizers were yummy, the jazz band was great and the atmosphere was very festive! Lindsay hung out in the bride's room with the bridesmaids (although at one point in time we all checked out the cocktail hour!)! After the cocktail hour, the guests made their way to the garden for the ceremony, which began at 4:30. More tears were shed and the ceremony was beautiful! We did some more pictures after the ceremony and then the dinner, speeches and dance began!! I was glad I gave my speech before dinner! I think it went pretty well too!! It was a perfect day, with a perfect couple :) We're so happy for Lindsay and Jeremy and so glad their day was wonderful!